# Brian Muldoon

> Simulation & Robotics at Maven | ex-Apple

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brianmuldoon

Engineer with a passion for numerical problem solving, applied mathematics, and physical AI.

My goal is to work with radically open-minded people to make progress towards a mission that improves our world.

## Work Experience
### Senior Simulation & Robotics Engineer @ Maven Robotics
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Applied research engineer focusing on practical applications for mobile robotic manipulation.

### Controls Simulation Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Cupertino, California, United States
- MuJoCo for contact-rich robotic simulation
- adaptive parameter estimation algorithms (RLS)
- mechanism kinematics modeling
- feed-forward/inverse dynamics control
- reduced order manipulator dynamics modeling 
- gauss newton methods for sensor extrinsics calibration
- system identification

### Applied Dynamics and Controls Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
- multibody dynamics and simulation
- differentiable dynamics models for robotics

### NSF Graduate Research Fellow @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
PhD Candidate, Currently on leave of absence

Advisor: Prof. Oliver O'Reilly

Topics: 
- nonlinear dynamics (lagragian, newton euler, Kane’s method)
- numerical analysis (runge-kutta, finite difference, fem)
- convex optimization (SDP, LQR)
- optimal control (collocation and shooting methods)
- computational mechanics (FEM, nonlinear elasticity)

Applications
- rigid and flexible body modeling with contact 
- compliant robotic manipulators 
- modeling rope/cables/hair

### Applied Dynamics and Controls Intern @ Apple
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
SPG, robotics software engineer. 

- Developed differentiable multibody dynamics physics engine for constrained 3D mechanical systems with CasADI

### Remote Pilot In Command @ Flight View Technologies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Graduate Student Instructor - Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials @ UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Graduate Student Intructor - Electronics for the Internet of Things @ UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Loads and Dynamics Engineering Intern @ Boeing
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mukilteo, Washington

### Lead Hardware Design Engineer @ Visual Cortex Instruments, LLC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

### Systems Engineering Intern @ Boeing
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Everett, Washington

### Undergraduate Research Assistant - Product Design @ Texas A&M University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

### Component Design Engineering Intern @ Zodiac Aerospace
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seminole, Oklahoma

### Undergraduate Research Assistant - Air Force Research Lab @ Texas A&M University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | College Station, Texas


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

### Master of Science - MS in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brian-muldoon
- Website: https://brianwmuldoon.com/
- Website: https://www.flightviewtech.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-05